Black Widow Hot Rod

Mike Duncan
This is the first kit I ever gave up on. So poorly manufactured. The majority of the parts are molded in black, including the engine, which needs to be red. There was so much flash on the parts that it was literally difficult to tell where the actual pieces started so as the properly cut it off. And the worst part, the part that finally got me to give up, was the front suspension. Made up of a dozen or so long thin parts with all the structural integrity of wet noodles. and after those dozen delicate parts are finally put together, what i the next step? To try to squeeze the front wheels onto the "axle". Even trying to do this very gently pretty much exploded the entire suspension, breaking pieces in half and while I maybe could have salvaged it, this kit is of such poor quality that if didn't deserve it. For anyone that wants to make this kit, and doesn't mind the black molding (which IS good most of the time) and excess flash on the sprues, do yourself a favor, and when it comes to the front suspension, put the tires on the axle first, while you can just push them on directly. It may make it a little more difficult to add in the rest of the suspension pieces, but hopefully you will have an easier time of things than I did.